Verbund Für Soziale Projekte E.V.

Name

Verbund Für Soziale Projekte E.V.

Legal name

Verbund für Soziale Projekte e.V.

Website

https://vsp-mv.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth and Family Welfare Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (624110), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGAEAC

Family & Parenting Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

SECONDARYBPADAHAF

Protection Services (GBV, Child Protection, Safeguarding)

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Refugee, Migration & Displacement Services

SECONDARYEDAJAIAJ

Specialized Student Support (Foster/Homeless/Migrant/McKinney-Vento)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Student Health, Safety & Wellbeing Services (Counseling, Mental Health, SEL, Safeguarding)

SECONDARYEDACAFAM

Inclusive Early Intervention & Transition-to-Preschool Services

Education/Early Childhood Education/Early Intervention & Developmental Services (0–5)

Keywords

• Youth welfare services
• Child and family services
• Ambulatory family assistance
• Residential youth care
• School social work

Headquarters

HQ city

Schwerin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Youth Welfare Funding (SGB VIII): VSP generates revenue primarily through government-funded contracts with youth welfare offices (Jugendämter) at the municipal and county level in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Services are financed on the basis of specialized professional service hours (Fachleistungsstunden) under SGB VIII (German Child and Youth Welfare Act). This includes ambulatory assistance (flexibly organized help for families), stationary care (residential youth groups), partial-stationary care (day groups), and crisis intervention services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VSP is a non-profit association providing integrated child, adolescent, and family welfare services under Germany's SGB VIII (Child and Youth Welfare Act) across Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its service portfolio encompasses ambulatory family assistance, residential youth group homes, supported living for young adults, mother/father-and-child housing, a 24/7 Children's Emergency Service (KinderNotDienst), school social work, integration assistance, counseling, and conflict mediation, organized around its proprietary "Jugendhilfestation" (Youth Welfare Station) model.

Product overview

The Verbund für Soziale Projekte e.V. (VSP) is a non-profit association providing comprehensive social services across Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The organization operates a network of services organized around the central "Jugendhilfestation" (Youth Welfare Station) model, which serves as the primary hub for flexible family assistance. The portfolio includes residential services such as youth group homes (KJWG Wohngruppe), supported living for young adults (Betreutes Wohnen), and parent-child housing (MuKi); emergency services including a 24/7 Children's Emergency Service (KinderNotDienst); and non-residential support through family counseling, conflict mediation, school social work, and early intervention programs. Services are delivered through regional offices in Schwerin, Stralsund, Greifswald, Demmin, Utzedel, Neubrandenburg, Neuenkirchen, and Karlsburg. The organization is recognized as a regional free youth welfare provider since 1999.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jugendhilfestation: A central organizational model providing integrated youth welfare services including counseling, crisis intervention, and various forms of assistance for children, youth, and families.

Products and services

• Jugendhilfestation (Youth Welfare Station)

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 40 families accompanied per year at the Demmin/Utzedel ambulatory team
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Diakonisches Werk Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Diaconic Works of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001VSP has been a member of the Diakonisches Werk Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Landesverband) since 2001. This membership provides VSP with affiliation to a major social welfare network, enhancing its legitimacy as a free youth welfare provider and connecting it to broader church-based social service structures in Germany.
• IGFH – Internationale Gesellschaft für erzieherische Hilfen (International Society for Educational Aid)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997VSP has been a member of the IGFH (Internationale Gesellschaft für erzieherische Hilfen), Frankfurt/Main, since 1997. This international membership connects VSP to global best practices and professional networks in child and youth welfare.
• OSTSEE-ZEITUNG (Ostseezeitung)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerOstsee-Zeitung partnered with Helios Hanseklinikum Stralsund in the 'Helios vereint' initiative, contributing 2,000 euros to support VSP's healthy cooking project, and regularly covers VSP activities in its regional news coverage.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Der Paritätische Wohlfahrtsverband: Umbrella organization for non-confessional non-profit welfare providers in Germany. Comparable to VSP in status as a free welfare carrier with youth welfare offerings, but operates at national scale and represents hundreds of independent member organizations.
• Caritas Deutschland: Germany's largest Catholic welfare confederation, providing child and youth welfare services, family counseling, residential care, and crisis intervention under SGB VIII. Comparable to VSP in service mix and funding model, but operates at national scale as a Spitzenverband.
• Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO): One of Germany's six Spitzenverbände der freien Wohlfahrtspflege, AWO delivers the full spectrum of youth welfare services (ambulatory, residential, school social work, family support) nationwide. Comparable to VSP because both operate as recognized free welfare providers under SGB VIII, though AWO is vastly larger and operates across all 16 German states.
• Diakonisches Werk der EKD: National Protestant welfare association of which VSP's regional affiliate (Diakonisches Werk M-V) is a member. Operates the same spectrum of youth and family welfare services under SGB VIII at nationwide scale and competes with VSP for local contracts in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Direct peers

• SOS Kinderdorf: Provides residential child and youth care including Kinderdorf family-style homes, youth support, and family assistance services across Germany. Directly comparable to VSP's KJWG Wohngruppe and MuKi offerings, with similar SGB VIII funding but much larger national footprint.
• Kinderschutzbund (Deutscher Kinderschutzbund): National association dedicated to child protection, family counseling, and youth welfare services including KinderNotDienst-style emergency support and Schulsozialarbeit. Directly comparable to VSP's child protection and family support offerings, organized as a federal network with local chapters.
• Internationaler Bund (IB): Major free welfare carrier offering youth welfare, ambulatory family assistance, residential care, school social work, and integration assistance throughout Germany. Directly comparable to VSP's full Jugendhilfestation portfolio and competing for the same Jugendamt contracts at national scale.

Regional players

• Regens Wagner: Catholic welfare foundation primarily operating in Bavaria and surrounding regions, offering youth welfare, residential care, and family support services. Comparable to VSP in service model and target population, but geographically focused in southern Germany rather than competing in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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